Fitzy wrote:
> "Brownz @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Work" <someone.not@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> news:el3dok$rqd$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Geoff Cooper wrote:
>>> "Brownz (Mobile)" <someone.not@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> news:ei3dh.80$Y4.6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Geoff Cooper wrote:
>>>>> On our 3rd set of run flat tyres (Dunlop SP S****t 3000A* 87 ROF).
>>>>> Noisy and harsh
>>>>> Only 20k miles of girly driving (wife's car) per set, doesn't seem
>>>>> right. I used to get double that on my 306GTD and fast country
>>>>> lane driving too. Anyway..
>>>>> Picked up a nail, just 1 month old fronts.
>>>>> Tyre man says "can't plug it, invalidates insurance".
>>>>> I seem to remember them plugging the 1st set over a year ago.
>>>>> Have the "rules" changed?
>>>>> Or is he trying to get more sales?
>>>>> Geoff
>>>>
>>>> depends how close it is to the shoulder of the tyre iirc
>>>>
>>> Its an inch or so in from the outside edge, just a nail hole.
>>> Apparently BMW say (in the owners handbook) that its not safe.
>>>
>>> So there we are, £120 tyre for "environmental disposal".
>>> Surely it would be more environmentally friendly to repair.
>>> The easiest form or recycling?
>>>
>>> BTW Ross, our nearside headlamp motor doesn't work either.
>>> Must be a common fault.
>>> Thanks
>>> Geoff
>>
>> Take it down to your local ATS (or any other local friendly back
>> street tyre dealer), they have a chart on the wall showing where the
>> repair can be done, legally.
>>
>> I had a couple of nails last year, they plugged it for a tenner each
>> time, cash in hand.
>>
>> Headlamp motor, nope, never heard of one fail, should be a warranty
>> job by your local mini dealer.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheerz - Brownz
>> http://www.brownz.org/
>>
>>
> If the nail went in the tread .. it can be repaired in most cases,
> but, if it went in the sidewall, then its scrap and they wont repair it,
> because there is more movement in the sidewall than any other part of
> the tyre, cornering, braking accelerating etc, so any patch or plug
> would eventually come off or leak,
> HTH
> Fitzy.. (the real one)
http://www.etyres.co.uk/etyres-press-media/repairable-area-gauge.htm
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Cheerz - Brownz
http://www.brownz.org/
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